Photos: President Trump, DHS Secretary Noem visit Florida's Alligator Alcatraz detention center
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Trump, Noem visit Alligator Alcatraz DHS Secretary Kristi Noem speaks after arriving at Alligator Alcatraz as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (left) and President Donald Trump look on.
Florida Alcatraz This aerial photo shows that the state is plowing ahead with building a an immigration detention facility with heavy-duty tents, trailers and other temporary buildings at the Miami Dade County-owned airfield in the Big Cypress National Preserve, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of downtown Miami, This Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin) (Daniel Kozin/AP)
Florida Alcatraz This aerial photo shows that the state is plowing ahead with building a an immigration detention facility with heavy-duty tents, trailers and other temporary buildings at the Miami Dade County-owned airfield in the Big Cypress National Preserve, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of downtown Miami, This Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin) (Daniel Kozin/AP)
Florida Alcatraz This aerial photo shows that the state is plowing ahead with building a an immigration detention facility with heavy-duty tents, trailers and other temporary buildings at the Miami Dade County-owned airfield in the Big Cypress National Preserve, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) west of downtown Miami, This Friday, June 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin) (Daniel Kozin/AP)
Florida Alcatraz This satellite photo captured by Planet Labs PBC on June 25, 2025, shows white structures cropping up on an airstrip in Ochopee, Fla., in the Everglades, where state officials are building an immigration detention facility. (Planet Labs PBC via AP) (Planet Labs PBC/AP)
Florida Alcatraz This satellite photo captured by Planet Labs PBC on Feb. 14, 2024, shows an airstrip in Ochopee, Fla., in the Everglades, more than a year before state officials began constructing a state immigration detention facility. (Planet Labs PBC via AP) (Planet Labs PBC/AP)
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Florida-Alcatraz-Protest Law enforcement gather at the the gate during a protest at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on Tamiami Trail E, Ochopee, on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) (Mike Stocker/AP)
Florida-Alcatraz-Protest Environmental advocates and protesters at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on Tamiami Trail E, Ochopee, Fla., on Saturday, June 28, 2025, object to the "Alligator Alcatraz" being built at the facility. (Mike Stocker /South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) (Mike Stocker/AP)
Florida-Alcatraz-Protest Gary Wilcox with the American Indian movement blesses and cleanses environmental advocates and protesters at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on Tamiami Trail E, Ochopee, Fla., on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Mike Stocker /South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) (Mike Stocker/AP)
Florida-Alcatraz-Protest Betty Osceola with the Miccosukee tribe of Indians addresses environmental advocates and other protesters at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on Tamiami Trail E, Ochopee, Fla.,on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Mike Stocker /South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) (Mike Stocker/AP)
APTOPIX Florida-Alcatraz-Protest Environmental advocates and protesters at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on Tamiami Trail E, Ochopee, Fla., on Saturday, June 28, 2025, object to the "Alligator Alcatraz" being built at the facility. (Mike Stocker /South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) (Mike Stocker/AP)
Florida-Alcatraz-Protest Environmental advocates and protesters at the Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport on Tamiami Trail E, Ochopee, Fla., on Saturday, June 28, 2025, object to the "Alligator Alcatraz" being built at the facility. (Mike Stocker /South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP) (Mike Stocker/AP)
New Detention Center Alligator Alcatraz This image grab from video shows activity at an immigration detention facility dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” located at an isolated Everglades airfield. (WSVN via AP) (Uncredited/AP)
Florida Alcatraz Things to Know In this image from undated video released by the Office of Attorney General James Uthmeier shows an isolated Everglades airfield about 45 miles (72 kms.) west of Miami that Florida officials said an immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" is just days away from being operational. (Courtesy of the Office of Attorney General James Uthmeier via AP) (Uncredited/AP)
Florida Alcatraz Things to Know In this image from undated video released by the Office of Attorney General James Uthmeier shows an isolated Everglades airfield about 45 miles (72 kms.) west of Miami that Florida officials said an immigration detention facility dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" is just days away from being operational. (Courtesy of the Office of Attorney General James Uthmeier via AP) (Uncredited/AP)
